10/10/10 - Greg and Landon went to see Dave and Doug play each other in soccer. Kasey and I went on a nice walk in the neighborhood. We looked for pumpkins at peoples houses. Everytime we would see some she would say more. So we would keep looking.
She also say a two word phrase for the first time (I think). She said bye bye dog. There was one in the window of a house barking at us and she said that as we walked away.
Kasey and Landon are starting to become competitive with each other. They fight over who gets to open the door from the utility room into the kitchen when we get home. Landon gets out and runs to the door. If we try to close the door so Kasey can open it as well he holds it open and throws a fit. They also compete over who gets to get out of the bath first. Of course they compete for attention.
10/9 - We had a busy day. Landon had soccer at 11 & A&M played Arkansas at Jerry World. I took the kids to mom and dads to leave my car there and they drove us to Landon's soccer game. After the game (or almost after) Landon, Grammy & Gramps and I drove to Jerry world to see the game. It didn't take us long to get out there, but it took a while once we got in traffic. Kasey left the game with Grandma and wasn't to happy. She's started getting clingy at the games because we usually leave after them for the football games.
We finally got in the parking lot and found Dave/Tracy, Doug and Greg. We grabbed a bite to eat and headed to the game. Unfortunately we didn't win, but it's still an amazing stadium and it was fun to share that with Grammy and Gramps as well. You can't beat the atmosphere at an A&M football game.
10/6 - I started a weight program through work. I do great with weight when I'm pregnant and breastfeeding, but when I stop breastfeeding I just put on the pounds. We'll see how it goes. It's a 10 week program.
Weekend of Oct 2nd
We flew to Odessa to see Greg's Grandfather. Mid Sept he was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma in his lungs so we want to get to see him as much as we can. While there for a very short time we were able to get him a new chair which he spends a lot of time in. The kids enjoyed hanging out although they have a putt putt thing where his apartment is but there weren't any balls. Landon and Kasey were sad.
Saturday night we had dinner with Grandpa and Nadene at Lincoln Towers (where he lives). They had tables reserved for us and brought us all of our food and even special cupcakes for dessert. It was neat to see the people that work there excited to see Grandpa and to see his family.
9/30 - I said prayers with Landon tonight.
9/28 - Talked to Landon on the phone and he told me he had a very good day at school. He got to be line leader and the line leader chooses which playground they play on. He chose the one with the bikes because he really likes the bikes.
9/25 - Today we walked with Team Liam in the JDRF walk. Our family raised $1065 for the cause which I thought was pretty good. It was raining pretty good as we drove over to the walk. Once we got there and got checked in th rain slowed down. The weather actually stayed ok through most of the race. We started out with Kasey and Peyton in the double stroller we had borrowed. The boys kept taking turns in the wagon. Liam and Landon didn't end up walking to much, but they made it the whole 5k. At one point some of our group was pretty much at the end of the walk. 4 of the boys kept wanting to to push and pull the wagon. After a while I challenged the boys to run and catch another part of the group and that I would pull the wagon. This seemed to work. As we were getting close to the finish line it started raining pretty good. We had a good walk and enjoyed being there with Liam. Someone took a picture of us coming over the finish line with Liam raising his arm like Yea I did it. Everyone else around was focused on him and smiling and cheering. Good times :)
Mid Sept - Kasey has started to want having a blanket put over in bed.
9/18 - This was our 3rd weekend to try to College Station for football game. Luckily this year Doug has gotten us room so we don't have to drive home til 2am, but it's still tiring. Landon of course likes staying in the hotel room and having breakfast the next morning.
9/17 - we took the kids to Oktoberfest in Addison. Landon has gone every year since he's been born. We had some good food. Walked around some. Landon got to ride some rides, and then Kasey Landon and I went through the fun house they had (Like in Grease). It was a little much for Kasey. Quite interesting walking through a moving cylinder while holding a 21 month old. Landon ended up going through it 3 times.
9/9 - Landon seems to be learning more this year than in the past. Maybe he's absorbing more or just talking about more. He started drawing faces (9/2) - he said he was drawing himself and drew a few characters. He's learning more new songs. Today he started writing words that he had learned in phonics but had not written before - cat, hat, can he also wrote love. They do workbooks in school now which he seems to like. This week they worked on letter C. They are learning a song with the months of the year. They will bring home a list of books to read based on what they are learning. I'm really excited to do that.
Landon has been without his blanket since 8/28 so tonight we let him have his first of 2 prizes - He got the Kings pit crew which he has wanted for a while. If he makes it 2 more weeks without the blanket he gets Emily the train. It's sitting on top of the entertainment unit waiting for him. We don't want to give him his blanket back, but want to make it be partially his choice that he's ok without it.
Kasey is doing more and more all the time. She now gets upset if the driver of a car doesn't buckle their seat belt. She say Buck, Buck. She's starting to be more particular about what she wears. Today she threw a fit when Greg got her dressed because she didn't want to wear what I picked out. She did the same thing to Grammy over the weekend. She started saying Dude today which is what we call Landon a lot. Yesterday she wouldn't put her shoes up so I told her she was going to lose her blanket. She said no (which she does often now a days). I told her she had a choice put her shoes up or no blanket. She actually put her shoes up. I really think she understands everything we say.
9/3 -9/6 We decided to take the kids to College Station and then went to Conroe. This was Kasey's first time in College Station. Friday we left about 3pm to drive down. The kids did pretty good. Kasey slept over an hour, but Landon didn't want to sleep. We told him if he took a nap he could go to Midnight yell. We got down and checked into the hotel. The kids of course like to help push the cart with all of our luggage. We never used the luggage cart before we had kids. :) Then we went to Ninfas for mexican food. We had Ninfa Ritas and some good food. Yum!!
Then we went back to the room. Greg and Doug went out and the kids were watching Aladdin. We turned it off near the end about 9:45pm to "Take a Nap" so we could go to Yell practice. About 11 I tried to wake Landon up to go, but he wasn't going anywhere. Both kids were sound asleep. The kids were in their clothes, no bath or teeth brushing.
The next morning we had breakfast in the hotel and decided to go to the bookstore on campus. Of course all the kids wanted to do was run around.
Then we went over to the Chicken to hang out and have lunch. We got a table, some drinks and some dominoes. Starting the kids early :) We had lunch there, and Grammy was coming down to take Kasey to Uncle Jim and Aunt Marys. Kasey did ok leaving with Grammy. She had some toys, a CD that says her name in the songs and Grammy. Grammy said she asked about us, but they had a good time with everyone. Kasey was pretending to take pictures of everyone with Grammy's camera. She also started calling Grammy MeeMee. We'll have to figure that one out.
Greg,Landon, Doug and I went over to the tailgate area to hang out. Landon got to play bing bag toss with some other kids. Greg and Doug got to watch some College Football. We were glad to be back in football season.
Doug had hurt his foot in soccer and Greg is still having problems with his foot so they took the elevator at the stadium. Landon and I walked up - not sure Landon will choose to walk again :)
Aggies won!! Yea. Landon did pretty good, but it was good that we had some extra space around him to move around.
After the game we went back to the tail gate to let traffic die down. Then we went back to the hotel. Sunday morning we drove to Conroe.
We had a fun family party with good food, company and some silliness. Marisela, Haley and Ashlyn did some dancing and Kasey and Landon had fun joining in. We got to hear Ashlyn sing several song - beautiful!
Sunday we drove home. We were all pretty tired, but had a fun time.
8/30 - Landon has lost his blanket for 3 nights now because he would not listen to us. He has one more night to go, and it might be gone for good. We will see. Landon stopped using his blanket on 8/28.
We went to Odessa to visit Grandpa. We got reserved seating where he is living at Lincoln Towers. - 10/20/10
Headed out for lunch - 10/3/10
Kasey chillin in Grandpa's apartment - 10/3/10
We helped get Grandpa a new chair - I think he likes it - 10/3/10
We had a very short visit, but enjoyed seeing Grandpa and helping him get a new chair. - 10/3/10
First time kids were wearing long pants and sleeves. They look more grown up - 10/4/10
Handsome boy in him jeans - 10/4/10
Getting ready for block party we had on National Night out 10/5/10
Kasey trying to be such a big girl eating hot dog at the block party - 10/5/10
Landon and William on their bikes at the block party - 10/5/10
Landon in his soccer uniform - 10/6/10
Raptors soccer team - 10/6/10
This is one of Landon's class projects to make a collage of him. Picture of him from A&M game, tball, soccer, the family at Sea World, and his best friends Liam and Justin. He also put on some Cars and A&M stickers. - 10/7/10
Silly Kasey - loves this car at Mimmie's - 10/9/10
Kasey at Landon's soccer game - 10/9/10
At Jerry World for A&M vs Arkansas game - 10/9/10
Grandparents are very good at attending Landon's soccer games. He has lots of support. - 10/9/10
Kasey with Mimmie and Grandma - 10/16/10
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